rationale
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"Showing that the process of protein production loses fidelity with aging provides a kind of underlying rationale for why all these other processes start to malfunction with age," said Frydman.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Swinney said that "the highest standards" had been applied to the "deep and forensic criminal investigation" into Murrell, adding that the Crown Office does not disclose the rationale for its decisions.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Publicly, though, Biden’s principal stated rationale for moving the state up was to increase racial diversity in the earliest voting states and reward Black voters for their significance in the Democratic Party coalition.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
That rationale relies on a first-order analysis that ignores the structural realities of modern, interconnected supply chains.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The rationale stated by one rule-giver was that “there is in fact no person named for the him to refer to.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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